one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the first and second; a few
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
it's been a long time; long time no see
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
letter; missive; note; mail
year in, year out; always; 24-7
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
together with; same; both; all; including ...
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
while; during; while; although; all; both
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to